Nigeria: Parts of Maiduguri Under 24-Hour Curfew
Source: Africa Headlines
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-20 04:36:18 -0700 | political-news
Nigeria/Niger Republic border As Nigerian troops intensify their search for criminals and members of the Boko Haram in Maiduguri, the Joint Task Force on Saturday imposed a 24 hours curfew in places identified as hot spots of Maiduguri,the Borno State...
Boko Haram militants 'in disarray'
Source: BBC
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-19 12:18:09 -0700 | travel-news
The Nigerian military reports that Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" and leaving the country in large numbers as a result of its offensive against them. In a statement, it said 14 enemy fighters...
Nigerian army blockades Boko Haram base
Source: Al Jazeera
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-24 03:31:55 -0700 | political-news
28 The latest military campaign could prove to be Nigeria's largest ever against Boko Haram [Reuters] Nigerian soldiers have blocked roads out of a key northeastern city to deprive Boko Haram fighters of supplies in remote towns they control, the...
Curfew in place as Nigeria presses Boko Haram insurgents
Source: United Press International
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-24 03:43:21 -0700 | travel-news
The Nigerian military Saturday ordered a partial curfew in the city of Maiduguri amid a government offensive against Islamist militants. The 24-hour curfew was implemented in neighborhoods considered to be Boko Haram strongholds in the northeastern city, in a region...
Nigeria army imposes curfew on city
Source: BBC
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-18 08:45:26 -0700 | travel-news
Nigeria's military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of the north-eastern city of Maiduguri as it presses its offensive against militants. A statement named 11 areas of the city where people must remain inside their homes until further notice....
Nigeria Steps Up Assaults on Militants in Northeast
Source: Newyork Times
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-17 12:52:38 -0700 | travel-news
Military officials said air and ground assaults were launched against suspected bases of the Boko Haram Islamist group in border areas at Nigeria's northeastern edge and in a forest south of the city of Maiduguri, the group's birthplace. It was...
Nigeria: Cell Phone Service Cut in Borno, Yobe
Source: Africa Headlines
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-17 02:32:34 -0700 | travel-news
Yola/Maiduguri/Damaturu/Abuja Mobile phone service was turned off yesterday in Borno and Yobe, stifling social life and business activities in two of the three states affected by the proclamation of state of emergency on Tuesday. Daily Trust's correspondents reported that services...
Nigeria: Kidnap of Shettima Monguno
Source: Africa Headlines
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 23:34:08 -0700 | political-news
While he was leaving Jummu'at Friday Mosque at the Mofoni Ward area of Maiduguri, he was taken forcefully into a car amidst a hail of gunfire...After the kidnap, they contacted his relatives and demanded that some of its members that...
Nigeria: 2,000 Soldiers, Fighter Jets Deployed to Borno
Source: Africa Headlines
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 02:47:49 -0700 | travel-news
Maiduguri About 2,000 security operatives and military hardware, including fighter jets have been deployed to Maiduguri ahead of yesterday's declaration of State of Emergency. In neighboring Yobe State, it is not clear how many soldiers were deployed but residents said...
Nigeria: Multiple Explosions, Heavy Gunshots in Maiduguri
Source: Africa Headlines
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-13 01:11:12 -0700 | travel-news
Multiple blasts and heavy gun battle rocked parts of Maiduguri, Borno State, Sunday evening as the city witnessed its first rainfall. Witnesses said the shooting started at about 6 p.m. amidst heavy explosion. The area affected is Sabon-Gari area of...
Nigerian hospital closed after alleged police assaults
Source: United Press International
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-11 09:21:53 -0700 | travel-news
A hospital in Nigeria was closed down Saturday after a clash between police officers and facility staff over an overcrowded morgue, doctors said. Physicians at the main hospital in Maiduguri said police assaulted staff members and even patients after they...
Nigerian doctors shut hospital
Source: BBC
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-10 12:38:56 -0700 | travel-news
Doctors have closed the main hospital in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri in protest at alleged police assaults on staff and patients. They say officers became angry because the hospital mortuary was too full to take the bodies of colleagues...
Nigeria: Kabir Sokoto Trial - Sharing of Funds Split Boko Haram
Source: Africa Headlines
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-10 04:10:35 -0700 | political-news
Members of Boko Haram splinter group during a news conference in Maiduguri, Saturday where they insisted on a cease-fire. Abuja Disagreements over how to share the funds received by Islamic extremist groups led to the splitting of the terrorist sect,...
Weapons of war spill blood in Nigeria's insurgency
Source: Boston.com
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-24 09:14:42 -0700 | travel-news
Nigeria (AP) At first, the Islamic extremists in Nigeria's dusty northeast rode on the backs of motorcycles, firing on government officials and other perceived enemies with worn Kalashnikov assault rifles hidden beneath their flowing robes...When Islamic fighters drove into a...
IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: May 8
Source: The New York Times
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-08 00:43:54 -0700 | political-news
The Obama administration, resolving years of internal debate, is on the verge of backing a F.B.I. plan for a sweeping overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people who communicate using the Internet rather than by...
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